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* 
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* 
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package com.ibm.cloud.objectstorage.oauth;

import com.ibm.cloud.objectstorage.oauth.Token;

/**
 * Interface to expose the method required for a class to implement a Token Provider.
 * The Token Manager will expect a Token object response.
 */
public interface TokenProvider {

	/**
	 * Retrieve a Token representation of the json object
	 * returned from the IAM Service synchronously
	 * 
	 * 
	 * @return {@link Token}
	 * 			The IAM Token
	 */
	public Token retrieveToken();

}
